York County NeArchives Obituaries.....Tuepker, Elmer H. December 16, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Dec. 16, 2009
Elmer H. Tuepker, age 84 of York, formerly of Gresham, died Wednesday, Dec. 
16, 2009 at York.
 
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 at the 
Faith Lutheran Church in York with the Rev. Allen Bergstrazer officiating.  
Burial will be at St. Peter’s Cemetery, Gresham. 

Visitation was Thursday and Friday at Metz Mortuary, York. 

He was born May 3, 1925 at Gresham, to John and Bertha (Schneider) Tuepker.  
Elmer attended rural School District No. 72 through the eighth grade and 
graduated from Gresham High School in 1942.  He entered the U.S. Army on April 
2, 1945, serving in Okinawa, Japan, and was discharged Dec. 22, 1946 as a 
Staff Sergeant.  He attended Vocational Ag School in Gresham and did custom 
corn shelling. 

Elmer was a member of St. Peters Church in Gresham where he held many offices 
over the years, a member of Davidson Neujahr Legion Post A. for over 60 years, 
a school board member of District 54 (served as president), a member of the 
Gresham Community Club, also serving as president.  Elmer drove the Gresham 
school bus for many years, and also farmed and drove the tank wagon for 
Standard Oil Co.  He worked for the State of NE as a driver’s license examiner 
until his retirement in 1988.  He was the recipient of the Aksarben Good 
Neighbor Award.  Elmer was very active in the Gresham community.  He helped 
start the Youth Baseball Program and helped construct the tennis courts.  He 
announced football and baseball games for many years.

On May 3, 1952 Elmer and Lois Edmiston were united in marriage.  The Lord 
blessed this union with two children, Judith (Judy) and James (Jim).   
Due to failing eyesight, Elmer and Lois moved York in September 1998.  In 
1999, he transferred his membership to Faith Lutheran Church in York.  He was 
a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend.  

Left to cherish his memory are his wife Lois of York; daughter Judy (Don) 
White of Seward; son, Jim (Debra) Tuepker of Lexington; three grandchildren, 
Jenny Tuepker of Keller, Texas, Marcus (Michele) Tuepker Shelburne, Vt., and 
Danielle Tuepker of Kearney.  Also surviving are two sisters-in-law, Margaret 
Lindstrom of Wichita, Kan., and Janet Burgess of Pantego, Texas; nieces, 
nephews and many friends.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his brother Paul. 


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